{"product_id":"unsettled-remains-cynthia-sugars-9781554580545","title":"Unsettled Remains: Canadian Literature and the Postcolonial Gothic","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eUnsettled Remains: Canadian Literature and the Postcolonial Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e examines how Canadian writers have combined a postcolonial awareness with gothic metaphors of monstrosity and haunting in their response to Canadian history. The essays gathered here range from treatments of early postcolonial gothic expression in Canadian literature to attempts to define a Canadian postcolonial gothic mode. Many of these texts wrestle with Canada's colonial past and with the voices and histories that were repressed in the push for national consolidation but emerge now as uncanny reminders of that contentious history. The haunting effect can be unsettling and enabling at the same time. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e In recent years, many Canadian authors have turned to the gothic to challenge dominant literary, political, and social narratives. In Canadian literature, the \"postcolonial gothic\" has been put to multiple uses, above all to figure experiences of ambivalence that have emerged from a colonial context and persisted into the present. As these essays demonstrate, formulations of a Canadian postcolonial gothic differ radically from one another, depending on the social and cultural positioning of who is positing it. Given the preponderance, in colonial discourse, of accounts that demonize otherness, it is not surprising that many minority writers have avoided gothic metaphors. In recent years, however, minority authors have shown an interest in the gothic, signalling an emerging critical discourse. This \"spectral turn\" sees minority writers reversing long-standing characterizations of their identity as \"monstrous\" or invisible in order to show their connections to and disconnection from stories of the nation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cynthia Sugars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1554580544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781554580545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2009 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 287","brand":"Cynthia Sugars","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939589062911,"sku":"9781554580545","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_3b98ef3a-5e59-4a15-8d6e-d4e6fdf2c113.jpg?v=1681442378","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/unsettled-remains-cynthia-sugars-9781554580545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}